CN101121478B

CN101121478B - Motorized adhesive paper dispenser

Info

Publication number: CN101121478B
Application number: CN2007100050405A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 毛瑞斯·坎巴; 阿尔博特·考尔外特斯
Original assignee: Rex Products Inc
Current assignee: Rex Products Inc
Priority date: 2006-05-02
Filing date: 2007-02-12
Publication date: 2010-12-29
Anticipated expiration: 2027-02-12
Also published as: CA2560706A1; ATE459566T1; MXPA06012173A; DE602006012625D1; US7637452B2; CN101121478A; JP4247270B2; US20070257147A1; CA2560706C; EP1852380B1; JP2007297137A; EP1852380A1

Abstract

A dispenser (10) for dispensing a repositionable adhesive note paper (22) from a roll (24) includes a housing (12) defining an interior and a discharge opening (18). A drive system (20) of the dispenser (10) includes a roller (26) rotatably mounted within the housing interior and a motor (42) (see 4) engaging the roller (26) to rotate the roller (26) with respect to the housing (12) about a central axis of the roller. A pressure member (48) is located within the housing (12) and is preferably movable with between an engaged position where it urges the paper (22) into contact with the roller (26) and a disengaged position where it is separated from the roller (26) to permit loading of paper (22).

Description

Motor-driven sticky paper distributor

Technical field

Present invention relates in general to a kind of being used for from the distributor of cylinder distribution paper.Specifically, be the motor-driven distributor that is used for distributing the viscosity Notepaper.

Background technology

The viscosity Notepaper, for example the POST one 1T Notepaper of the 3M company in Sao Paulo, Minnesota State production comprises that the back side has the paper of low viscosity pressure-sensitive cement.This pressure-sensitive cement allows the user that Notepaper strippingly is bonded on the surface, for example on document, if the user only wishes attached memo mark on document, rather than the mark of directly writing something in the above.This low viscosity pressure-sensitive cement can also make the user use the surface of removing Notepaper behind the Notepaper and not destroying paper.This viscosity Notepaper is supplied to fold, and each use of user torn one.

Know that also as at patent US5,904,283 (kanbar) are disclosed, a kind of viscosity Notepaper of rolling supply.The viscosity Notepaper of this rolling comprises a low adhesive tape in a side of Notepaper.Kanbar has also revealed the distributor by cylinder distribution viscosity Notepaper.Sticky paper is directed on the motor-driven belt conveyor from the cylinder that is installed on the S. A., so Notepaper has been adhered on the belt conveyor.U.S. Pat 4327875 also discloses a kind of distributor, and it rolls on from one distributes the stickiness Notepaper, and this rolls has a cycloconveyor belt, and paper is directed on this load-transfer device.Though above-mentioned patented product can send the Notepaper branch very smoothly, Notepaper is continuous paper, needs exterior cutter sweep or just can separate use with hand, uses very inconvenient like this.

Summary of the invention

According to the present invention, the distributor of distributing the viscosity Notepaper with cylinder comprises a housing, and this housing defines an inner and discharge port.The cylinder of sticky paper is contained in the inside of housing rotationally.Distributor also comprises a drive system, and this drive system comprises the swing roller and the motor that cylinder is rotated with respect to housing round the axis that are contained in enclosure interior.Distributor comprises that also is contained in an enclosure interior press member, and these parts can move between engage position and disengaging configuration with respect to the cylinder of drive system.When being in engage position, press member is suitable for producing pressure between this pressure piece and cylinder.

According to an example of the present invention, cylinder is installed in the outside face of a mounting pipe, and the motor of drive system is installed and then is positioned at cylinder and in this mounting pipe.

Distributor has comprised a drive system actuator, is used for starting the motor of drive system.In one embodiment, this actuator preferably includes the button that a user is used for starting, and for example the user can be with respect to this button of shroud press.Actuator comprises first and second electric contact pieces, is used for contacting with each other when the user presses the button with respect to housing.A circuit has been connected in contact between two electric contact pieces, therefore can start the motor of drive system.

The electric contact piece of actuator can be fixed in described press member, make when pushing actuator button, the contact of two contact disks of actuator.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of viscosity Notepaper distributor side that is included in paper has a volume Notepaper and a paper drive system of pressure-sensitive cement.The paper drive system comprises the cylinder and a motor that can rotate around the axis of cylinder.Cylinder comprises a main body.This main part limitation one be outside face cylindraceous and an inside substantially.Motor is the inside at cylinder body, and it has an output shaft, and this output shaft engages with cylinder, passes to cylinder with the rotation fortune merit with output shaft.Distributor also comprises a pressing plate, it is movable that this pressing plate is supported between disengaging configuration and engage position, breaks away from disengaging configuration pressing plate and cylinder, at engage position, pressing plate makes the outside face of viscosity Notepaper attached to cylinder, therefore makes cylinder can transmit Notepaper.

Description of drawings

For the present invention is described, the present invention's preferred a kind of form of implementation at present has been shown in the accompanying drawing.But we know that the present invention not only is confined to the instrument of precision architecture shown in the figure and use.

Fig. 1 is the lateral plan according to the sticky paper distributor of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the section-drawing of distributor among Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is the decomposition diagram of sticky paper distributor among Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is the section drawing of the drive system of distributor among Fig. 1.

The specific embodiment

With reference to accompanying drawing, similarly the similar element of numbering expression there is shown the distributor [10] that is used to distribute many notepapers according to of the present invention.This viscosity notepaper can be disclosed in U.S. Pat 5094283 the sort of.It comprises a coil paper band, and this paper tape has a low viscosity pressure-sensitive cement, and this binder is vertically gone up along the line of centers of paper slip and extended.Quote US5904283 at this and all be used as reference.Yet binder rolls also and can not arrange like this, as comprises many binder bands, perhaps with adhesive tape not along the center but place along the edge.

According to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, distributor 10 comprises a housing 12, and it limits an inside and comprises that one is connected to the outer cover 14 on the base 16.Outer cover 14 comprises a discharge port 18.This discharge port preferably adopts the mode of stria.Stria should be fit to from the width of housing 12 inner viscosity notepapers of discharging.From the angle of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the discharge port 18 of graphic distributor is contained near the top of housing 12.Yet for the present invention, this not necessarily.We also can imagine other positions that place it in housing 12.The distribution notepaper can be simplified near the top in the position of discharge port, therefore preferred this method.

Distributor 10 comprises a drive system 20, is used for guiding viscosity notepaper 22 to discharge from housing 12 by discharge port 18.As discussed above, viscosity notepaper 22 preferably can be contained in enclosure interior to roll up 24 form.Drive system comprises that rotatably is supported on housing 12 in-to-in swing rollers 26.Cylinder 26 comprises a main body 28.This main body has one to be columniform outside face substantially, is used for contacting with notepaper.Cylinder body will drive or pull out paper from coil paper 24 with the following mode that will describe.The drive system 20 of illustrated embodiment comprises a cylinder mounting pipe and support tube 30, and preferably having is columniform outside face substantially.As in the illustrated embodiment, the main body 28 of cylinder 26 is open at one first end of cylinder, is used for cylinder mounting pipe 30 is placed in the cylinder 26.We also are discussed below, and this set allows the axis of rotating cylinder 26 and cylinder mounting pipe 30 relative cylinders 26 to relatively rotate.

As accompanying drawing 3, distributor 10 comprises first and

second bracing frames

32,34, and these two bracing frames are used for cylinder 26 and cylinder mounting pipe 30 is supported in the housing 12 and pedestal 16 has a segment distance place.In the illustrated embodiment, the base plate of each

bracing frame

32,34 permanent seat 16 is by being fixed on the flange portion on the bracing frame on the pedestal 16.Yet, also can consider

bracing frame

32,34 and pedestal 16 or integral body of outer cover 14 formation.First end of cylinder mounting pipe 30 is supported by first bracing frame 32, and mounting pipe is substantially perpendicular to bracing frame 32 as shown in the figure and extends.Mounting pipe 30 and first bracing frame 32 comprise the structure of separating at first, and the shape that these structure tools cooperatively interact is used for mounting pipe 30 and bracing frame 32 are coupled together.Also cylinder mounting pipe 30 and bracing frame 32 can be formed an integral member (for example, can be made by mouldable plastics).

Cylinder 26 comprises an end wall 36, and it is positioned on the cylinder 26 the open end second opposed end with main body 28.Outside face at end wall 36 has an annular element 38, and it receives slidably by the opening 40 on second support 34.The annular element 38 that receives by the opening on the support 40 provides rotating support for second end of cylinder 26.In this way, second end of cylinder 26 is rotatably supported by second support 34, and the remainder of cylinder 26 is rotatably supported by mounting pipe 30, and mounting pipe then is supported on first support 32.

As shown in Figure 4, drive system 20 comprises a motor 42, and it has an output shaft 44, and this output shaft is by motor 42 driven in rotation.As shown in the figure, the motor 42 in the distributor 10 is positioned at cylinder mounting pipe 30, and preferred setting like this, that is, the output shaft 44 of motor 42 is positioned at mounting pipe 30, and engages with the notch 46 that is positioned at cylinder 26.Notch 46 is preferably placed on the inside face of end wall of cylinder 26.Output shaft 44 and notch 46 are meshing with each other, and the rotation of the output shaft 44 of motor 42 just drives cylinder 26 with respect to mounting pipe 30 rotations like this.According to a presently preferred embodiment, output shaft 44 should be designed to comprise that one or more flat surface comes interlock or enter on the notch or the surface that forms in it, so as between output shaft 44 and cylinder 26 transmitting torque.The output the tip of the axis can make that tooth bar shape for example, D shape or other are non-circular to be come to engage with the fit shapes that forms on the notch.Preferably, the inside face of mounting pipe [30] has one or more shapes (as longitudinal slot, convex shape or arch), with the fit shapes on the outside face of accepting motor [42], or otherwise engage the outside face of motor 42, with restriction or forbid relatively rotating between motor 42 and the mounting pipe 30.In a preferred embodiment, also adopt binder further motor to be fixed on the mounting pipe.Like this, in this embodiment, motor 42 just is fixed on mounting pipe 30 and the pedestal basically.

Although the distributor of describing 10 comprises a mounting pipe as implied above [30], also can design like this: rotating cylinder 26 can directly rotatably be supported on without mounting pipe on the

bracing frame

32 and 34 of two opposite ends of cylinder 26.In alternative like this structure, motor and/or output shaft are positioned to install in the cylinder 26, and a cylinder fastener is engaged in drum inner surface as power wheel or notch with motor output shaft.Motor is supported by at least one rack wheel, and motor just can self not rotate like this.

Return in the diagram, distributor 10 comprises a pressure piece 48 that is supported in the housing 12.Although not necessarily, pressure piece 48 can be designed to be in the position that contacts or get loose with respect to cylinder [26].As following described, sticky paper 22 is received between the main body 28 of pressure piece 48 and cylinder 26.Therefore, pressure piece 48 is with letterweight or push away on the cylindrical outer surface of cylinder body 28.Result from pressure piece 4] and cylinder 26 between pressure binder is bonded on the cylinder 26, so just can make the rotation of cylinder drive sticky paper rotation between cylinder 26 and pressure piece 48.

Pressure piece 48 comprises an elongated board 50, and this plate has a lower surface, from the visual angle of Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.When pressure piece 48 was in this plate position contacting, the lower surface of board 50 will touch sticky paper.Pressure piece 48 also comprises a mounting flange 52 that is positioned at board 50 two ends.Pin 54 is placed on respectively in the hole that aligns on mounting flange 52 and support 32 and 34, so that provide pivotable support with respect to support 32 and 34 for pressure piece 48.Pressure piece 48 pivoting actions move pressure piece 48 between disengaged position and contact position, when being in the position of disengagement, board 50 separates with cylinder 26, when moving to contact position, plate portion 50 contacts (perhaps when sticky paper is between the two, contacting with sticky paper) with the main body 28 of cylinder 26.When pressure piece is positioned at the position of disengagement, be easy to the paper of between cylinder 26 and pressure piece 48, packing into.Therefore it is evident that pin can be directly and support or integral body of pressure piece formation.

Automatically distributor 10 comprises a spring or biasing force spare 56, to shift pressure piece 48 onto contact position.Spring 56 among the figure is one fine, has in one and rolls up part, and therefrom roll up extended first and second branches of part.First branch is fixed at second support 34.A hole that forms on one in second branch and the flange 52 on pressure piece 48 engages.By this setup between pressure piece and the support, the effect of spring is when normal running the board 50 of pressure piece 48 to be pressed down.Spring leaf is to locate like this, that is, when pressure piece 48 rose to disengaged position, institute's applied pressure left the center, like this pressure piece 48 is remained on the position that it rises to.When pressure piece 48 was fallen, spring stress passed the center, and pressure piece 48 is pressed to cylinder.Can adopt other mechanisms that pressure piece is pressed onto its contact device, for example stage clip, spring coil or sheet spring.Even spring also needs not to be independently parts.Can consider spring is designed to pressure piece or props up be configured to an integral body.

Automatically distributor 10 comprises a drive system actuator 58, is used for the operation of control-driven system 20.Drive system actuator 58 comprises that 60,62, two contact disks of first and second electric contact pieces preferably are fixed in the top of the board 50 of pressure piece 48.Close circuit during

electric contact piece

60,62 contact, thus make motor 42 in the current direction drive system 20 that power supply flows out.In illustrated embodiment, power supply is that the battery pack by the battery box 64 of the bottom 82 that is positioned at housing base 16 provides.Yet power supply can be any common power supply, for example AC power supplies.In illustrated embodiment, first electric contact piece 60 has an elongated arm, and its far-end is positioned at the top of second electric contact piece 62.The arm of first electric contact piece 60 can crookedly move to second electric contact piece 62 with the far-end with first electric contact piece 60 and

contact.Contact pin

60,62 is designed to open in usual, thereby no power is with rotary drum 26 when making motor usual.Motor can be common with being electrically connected of contact element between the power supply, therefore has no need for further discussion.

The switch 58 of drive system also comprises a button 66, and the user starts the drive system 20 of distributor 10 by it.Button 66 is positioned on the outer cover 14 opening 68 that forms, and is preferably placed near the top of housing 12 or its, and so, button connects the far-end of first electric contact piece 60 on the actuator 58.By this arrangement, when the user pressed the button 66 with respect to overcoat 14, button 66 made first electric contact piece 60 bendings first electric contact piece 60 and contacts with second electric contact piece 62.

Distributor preferably includes one 70 cylinder 24 that comes the viscosity notepaper in the support housing 12.Axle 70 passes a central opening of cylinder 24, and its relative two ends are removably mounted in the passage 72 that is formed on support 32 and 34.Each passage [72] comprises a bottom 74, and its edge from the

support

32,34 that interrelates extends out, so that axle 70 is inserted

support

32,34, or unloads lower shaft 70 from support.Each passage also comprises one second part 76, and it 74 vertically extends out from the bottom.The vertical component 76 of passage 72 as shown in the figure, is flexible spring, and the effect that the intrinsic elasticity of its materials used (being plastics in the present embodiment) has been come ratchet is held in place axle.When cylinder by the distribution paper when changing size, the height that this vertical component can automatically regulating axle 70.

Distributor 10 comprises an export orientation spare 78.Its two ends are fixed on the

support

32,34, are close to the discharge port 18 of distributor.Export orientation spare 78 is designed to guide adhesive label's paper to pass to discharge port 18 by cylinder 24 under the effect of drive system 20.

Distributor 10 comprises a cutter bar 80, preferably additional or be formed on board 50 on the pressure piece 48 below.Cutter bar 80 is positioned near the discharge port 18, and it comprises a sharp sword, is used for cutting the label paper of outside transmission.Preferably, cutter bar 80 welding (for example heat staking (heat staking)) can certainly consider that the sharp sword of cutter bar 80 can be cast an integral body with pressure piece 48 on the board 50 of pressure piece 48.

Base 16 comprises a chassis 82 and upright wall 84.In the embodiment that describes, the chassis 82 of base 16 is fixed on the wall 84 by fastener, yet can consider that also whole bottom is cast an independent part.Two relative edges of the outer cover 14 of housing 12 respectively have one to connect lug 86, are used for engaging with the passage guide rail 88 that is positioned at wall 84 both sides.Distributor 10 comprises that also an outer cover is detained spring 90, has projection 92 on the relative sidewall of spring 90.The projection 92 of being detained on the spring 90 at outer cover is received in the hole 94 that forms on the outer cover lug 86, is used for the outer cover 14 of housing 12 is remained on the base 16.

The purpose of design spring leaf 90 is when pressure acts on its center-point, because extract out the groove of projection 92 from lug 86 position of pivot point in bottom.Come near this spring leaf center point of release by being positioned at the hole that on the plate 83 one the center point of release with spring 90 aligns.The center point of release comprises a button, so that the user exerts pressure to spring leaf 90.

Though motor is to be contained in the cylinder as shown in the figure, apparent motor can be arranged on outside the cylinder, and comprises that one makes the mechanism of cylinder rotation, as belt, gear or directly interconnect.

One of this design-calculated feature can utilize the viscosity of sticky paper that paper is sent out exactly.This binder is attached on the cylinder and provide enough viscosity to make roller bearing extract paper out cylinder.Pressing plate helps paper to stick on the cylinder, and binder is convenient to paper like this and is spread out of cylinder equably preferably at the centre portion of paper.

Previous section is to describe structure of the present invention according to the embodiment that the contriver estimates, purpose is to provide a useful description.Yet, in this does not foretell nonessential improvement of the present invention also is equal to.

Claims

1. be used for from the motor-driven distributor of cylinder distribution viscosity notepaper, have a kind of low viscosity pressure-sensitive cement in a side of described Notepaper, distributor comprises:

Limit the housing of an inside and a discharge port;

One drive system comprises that one rotatably is contained in the in-to-in cylinder of described housing and the motor that engages with this cylinder, and motor makes cylinder rotate with respect to housing around the axis of cylinder;

A pressure piece is positioned at the inside of described housing, is used for producing pressure between pressure piece and cylinder, and the stickiness paper between drum driven cylinder and the pressure portion is moved towards the position of the discharge port of housing;

One guide is positioned at described enclosure interior near described cylinder, is used for separating Notepaper and guiding this Notepaper by described discharge port from described cylinder, and this guide has two bossings that are provided with at interval.

2. distributor as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, also be included in the viscosity Notepaper paper roll that enclosure interior is rotatably installed, this paper roll is removably supported by the volume strut member, paper roll or paper are to come orientation like this: the side with adhesives contacts removably with cylinder, and paper being bonded with on cylinder is beneficial to the Notepaper output housing.

3. distributor as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described pressure piece comprises a board, be used between the cylinder of pressure portion and drive system, producing pressure, two opposite ends at pressure piece have mounting flange, this mounting flange pivotal support is in described enclosure interior, so that pressure piece is rotated around installation shaft.

4. distributor as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, also comprises a pair of up-right support that separates that is positioned at enclosure interior, described support be used for the abutment pressure part two opposite ends on flange.

5. distributor as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises a spring that contacts with described pressure piece, and this spring is pressed to cylinder with pressure piece.

6. distributor as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: the inside of described cylinder is hollow, and described drive system to small part is positioned at the inside of described cylinder hollow.

7. distributor as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that: drive system should comprise a cylinder mounting pipe, this cylinder mounting pipe has an outside face, this outside face is suitable for receiving slidably this cylinder, so that produce relative rotation between cylinder and cylinder mounting pipe, described motor is installed in the cylinder mounting pipe.

8. distributor as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that: motor comprises an output shaft, and cylinder comprises the notch on an end wall and the end wall, and the output shaft of motor engages with described notch, and output shaft can make cylinder rotate in the time of electric motor starting.

9. distributor as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: comprise that also one is supported on the axle in the housing removably, this passes the centre hole on the binder paper roll, with optional commentaries on classics ground back-up roller.

10. distributor as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: also comprise an actuator that is used for starting the motor of drive system, this actuator comprises a button that is contained on the distributor and can be pushed by the user, described actuator comprises the first and second two electric contact pieces, when the user presses the button, two electric contact piece contacts, contact between the two forms a close circuit and comes starter motor.

11. distributor as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that: described actuator be fixed in described pressure piece, and be arranged to two electric contact pieces contacts of actuator when button is pressed.

12. distributor as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: the motor of drive system is positioned at the outside of cylinder.

13. distributor as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that: comprise that also a side has the paper roll of binder, this paper roll is supported removably by the volume strut member, paper roll is to come orientation like this: the side with adhesives contacts removably with cylinder, and paper being bonded with on cylinder is beneficial to the notepaper output housing.

14. the motor-driven distributor of viscosity notepaper comprises:

One volume viscosity notepaper, the one mask has pressure-sensitive cement;

The housing that inner and discharge port are arranged;

Be positioned at the paper drive system of housing, it comprises a cylinder and a motor, this cylinder can support rotationally around the axis of cylinder, described cylinder comprises a main body, it defines one is columniform outside face and an inside substantially, motor to small part is positioned at the inside of cylinder body and an output shaft is arranged, and output shaft engages with cylinder when motor is activated, and cylinder is rotated;

A pressing plate, it has an engage position, and in this position, pressing plate produces pressure between the outside face of itself and cylinder, make the volume of viscosity notepaper between cylinder and pressing plate and export; And

One guide is positioned at described enclosure interior near described cylinder, is used for separating Notepaper and guiding this Notepaper by described discharge port from described cylinder, and this guide has at least one bossing and the sunk part near this bossing.

15. the distributor as claim 14 is characterized in that: pressing plate also comprises a disengaged position, in this position, and pressure plate and roller separation, thus pack paper into, described pressure plate is mounted to and can moves between described disengaged position and described engage position.

16. motor-driven distributor is used for distributing a kind of stickiness Notepaper from paper roll, a side of described Notepaper has low stickiness pressure-sensitive cement, and described distributor comprises:

A housing, this housing have a detachable top and a base, and this top comprises a discharge port, and described housing has defined inside;

One drive system, comprise a cylinder and that is rotatably mounted in enclosure interior be fixed in base and with the contacted motor of cylinder, when electric motor starting, drive cylinder and rotate around the axis;

A volume that separates with cylinder supports, and is used for supporting a volume viscosity notepaper;

One is positioned at the interior shell pressure part, is used for the viscosity notepaper between casting die and the cylinder is pressed to cylinder; And

17. the distributor as claim 16 is characterized in that: motor comprises an output shaft that engages with cylinder and be used for rotary drum.

18. the distributor as claim 17 is characterized in that: output shaft and cylinder be inner form notch engage.

19. the distributor as claim 16 is characterized in that: motor comprises an output actuator around the axis rotation, and the axis of this output actuator is consistent with the axis of cylinder.

20. the distributor as claim 17 is characterized in that: described motor is positioned at the outside of cylinder.

21. distributor as claim 16, it is characterized in that: also comprise the sticking notepaper of volume one side, this paper roll is supported removably by the paper roll strut member, paper roll is so directed: a side that has adhesives contacts with described cylinder, and being bonded with of paper and cylinder is beneficial to notepaper and exports from housing.